TuBee is an Android video player for finding and watching videos, organizing playlists, and adjusting playback to suit different viewing situations. Its tools include favorites and history controls, a floating picture-in-picture player, music discovery sections, and light or dark themes. The app uses a third-party native player, and its content is provided by third parties.

Finding and organizing videos

TuBee includes content search for locating videos to play, along with sections for trending charts, curated playlists, music charts for a user's country, and copyright-free music. The source also describes personalized recommendations. These discovery options sit alongside tools for building a personal viewing library: users can import playlists, create playlists or categories, and save favorite videos in dedicated collections for later access.

Playlist shortcuts provide another way to start favorite songs or other selected items. The description says shortcut functions can be changed, though it does not specify the full set of available actions. Video metadata is stored using a database schema from Android Room. Favorites and viewing history are saved separately using a JSON text file, with copies kept in external storage or a Tube folder for persistence across installations.

Playback and viewing controls

The floating player uses Android's Picture-in-Picture capability, available from Android 7.0 according to the app description. It can keep a video in a small window while the user browses other apps. A tap expands the floating window to full screen. This provides a way to continue watching without saving the video to the device. The app also lets users browse their viewing history and delete entries they no longer want retained.

An experimental alarm feature lets users set an alarm and choose a video and time. TuBee also offers light and dark themes. Its interface is described as responsive across phone and tablet screen sizes, with layouts that can be adjusted for different resolutions. The source lists support for older devices running Android 4.4 and describes picture-in-picture separately as requiring Android 7.0 or later.

Technical and content details

The player is provided by a third party rather than described as a custom playback engine. The app follows Material Design guidelines and is developed using Java and Kotlin; the description references API 35. Content comes from third parties, so the app's description directs content removal requests to its provider. These details distinguish TuBee's playback and organization tools from the sources of the videos themselves.